Fog

"Fog begins to form when water vapor condenses into tiny liquid water droplets in the air. Since water vapor is colorless, it is actually the small liquid water droplets that are condensed from it that make water suspended in the atmosphere visible in the form of fog or any other type of cloud." ~wikipedia.

I say, "it's a relieving breeze and beauty."

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03:45 PM . February 06, 2010.
After four hours of raining.

Not Today...

It doesn't need any snow to make you freeze. I did and it wasn't even raining. It surely did cancel rays of light but I still had a visual. Yet, I froze. I stopped. I was hindered from my destination. Just for a while, yet hindered nonetheless.

It only takes a very cold morning that breezes through your bones, and a cemetery blanketed by the cautioning fog; that constantly reminds you, it could be any day for you to end up there.

I was still there by the graveyards. Astounded by the view, unwilling to move away as I had planned, I then told myself:

"Not today, mate! NOT TODAY. Maybe tomorrow, BUT not today!
I have lesson plans to finish and a bunch of students to teach."

Tangan Terampil

Karena plat nomorku yang belakang patah dan jatuh entah dimana, beberapa minggu yang lalu, aku putuskan untuk mengganti dan membuatkan baru di daerah kumpulnya para perajin plat nomor ngepos. aku sebut mereka 'perajin' karena setelah melihat bagaimana salah satu dari mereka menyelesaikan sepasang plat nomor buatku, kusimpulkan betapa trampilnya tangan mereka.

Tentu, koordinasi otak, tangan dan ketrampilan yang diperoleh melalui pengalaman jelas sangat mempengaruhi kecepatan dan kerapian kerjanya. Mereka 'rajin', yakni yang mencakup makna teliti, sabar, tetapi cekatan.

Dengan hanya dua puluh lima ribu rupiah, aku sudah bisa mendapatkan sepasang plat nomor yang sudah dirancang untuk diberi sekrup dari dalam dan langsung dipasangkan sekalian. sungguh, aku kagum tak lebih dari 30 menit mas ini dengan sangat terampil mengukur, memotong, memukul, menggilas, mengecat lalu jadilah sepasang plat nomor yang biasanya "taken for granted".

Teringat aku dulu waktu awal kuliah, dengan ketrampilan yang aku miliki mengajar bahasa inggris privat selama sembilan puluh menit dengan penghargaan sebesar dua puluh lima ribu rupiah pula. dan aku bangga. lihat mas ini! mungkin dengan berbekal lulusan sekolah menengah, dalam waktu sepertiga waktu yang kuhabiskan untuk mengajar, bisa memperoleh rejeki yang senilai. Luar biasa.

Dengan ketekunannya, penghayatan terhadap kerjanya, rasa syukur karena ketrampilan yang dimilikinya, aku terkagum dengan kegiatan mas ini. Lalu aku teringat dengan siswa-siswaku di gunung, mereka yang puas hanya dengan tuntas wajib belajar sembilan tahun, bercita-cita ke kota madya yogyakarta untuk mencari penghidupan. Akankah mereka mengikuti jejak mas perajin plat nomor ini? Bila aku begitu kagumnya pada mas ini, mengapa aku belum rela bila siswa-siswaku harus puas dengan ijazah SMPnya?

“ZUGUNRUHE” of 2010 C.E.

"When a change comes, some species feel the urge to migrate. They call it zugunruhe. A pull of the soul to a far-off place. Following a scent in the wind, a star in the sky. The ancient message comes, calling the kindred to take flight and gather together. Only then can they hope to survive the cruel season to come." ~Mohinder Suresh (HEROES. Chapter 5 "Hiros" Season #1.Eps.5)

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New Year, which is to some a new start of a period ahead - a new season, has brought about some changes, if not only one. "when a change come, some species feel the urge to migrate", says Dr. Suresh.

In one way or another, we, humans, migrate; move from one state of being onto another. We bring new resolutions to the surface, we plan new paths, we create new ways.. a new person.

"The ancient message comes, calling the kindred to take flight and gather together." Some with their friends, others with families. They unite, even for one moment, to answer to calling, being "pulled to a far-off place", to meditate on what they have done well and not.

Only then can we "hope to survive the cruel season to come".
Deep down we know, we always knew, that nothing is going to be easier. Deep down, we want things to be more challenging, more difficult; more "cruel".

That a new year actually is.
A head start to realize that nothing is going to be easier, that what to come is even cruel.
A moment to meditate on strategies to prevent ourselves from being extinct; of the fellowship that holds us together, of our friendship, of our families, or of anything that relates, that connects us to the world.

It has always been about survival; that is evolution all about.
Survive New Year everyone!

trying interesting features in my freshly plundered parrot.

Automatic continuous shot

ah.. im tired.

finally. after a whole-day of mind-boggling, activity, one after another, concluded by a wedding to attend. im home.

di atas batu di bawah pohon mangga

bersama siswa-siswa, curhat dan berbagi rasa.
part of being a teacher that i adore.

ridwan is sick

ridwan, a student of mine, got hit in an unexpected accident. he is now hospitalized.
the aborigines believe that each time someone takes your picture, you lose a part of your life.
but, what they don't know, if someone sick is taken his picture next to a healthy man, he is gaining that man's energy. so that he'll recover sooner.
but, that's just me being superstitious.
the fact is, if this silly act can make him laugh inside his heart, he is happier. and happy man recovers faster.
get well.


life-goes on ice-cream

Yummy

bible?

look at the numbers.. do they look like they spell b-i-b-l-e ? interesting.

New Friends

Today, we had lunch together at home. There were many brothers and sisters from the congregation who joined us. It was exciting, well it's been a while since last time we had this kind of stuff, but hey, that's not all!

There were five cute, and smart girls from abroad - Guangzhou?; I am not sure, I can't pronounce it right -let alone, spell? lol. Anyway, mbak Dani (Joey) brought them to our sunday meeting the other day and my mom happened to invite them to today's lunch. Well, they did come. AND that was COOL.

I love meeting new people (otherwise you won't find me typing this long in this blog) and I don't meet new people often [well, you know, my routine keeps me busy all the time, i hardly have time to hang out with anyone. shoot, i hate it].

So, there they were. Maria (curious and friendly. *ah), Sasya (the explicative girl. lol), Fajar (so cute. trust me.), Amalia (hmm. thoughtful.) and Saskia (she really loves eating. but hey, who doesn't!). I figure they're probably nicknames they made up for themselves.Yet, they are smart and cute. 

I really wish I could keep in touch with them even after the lunch. It's just awesome; but perhaps, they just see me as another local people not worth remembering. I mean, I often forget important people's names (and sometimes, faces); there are more reasons than not for this group of cute and smart girls to just knock me out off their memories. lol.

looking up on the ceiling

i like watching movies; but, when there's no more movie to watch, i suppose i'd just watch this ceiling which heightens the level of claustrophobic syndromme while listening to some songs which make it no better.

crossing over...

some of my students have to travel on foot crossing over massive rocks to and from schools on daily basis... awesome.

hall of ...

hall of fame?
hall of lame perhaps, yes that is. lol.
two-week 'for-fun' drinks ...

multi-tasking or multi-playing

left: work - notebook laptop
center: internet - netbook
right: multimedia - pc desktop

#i so love them.

fellow teachers -plus

fellow teachers and crew. responsible for education to run well in SMPN 5 Ngawen.
location: lapangan ngawen. why: flag ceremony.

the forgetful

lupa kunci gembok kamar kos, krn ganti gantungan HP, dan segepok kunci rumah ketinggalan di jogja.
beli gergaji besi potongin gembok ini. beli gembok baru, sbg akibat dr kebodohan hari ini.
pheew..

two is better than one

or is it?
i thought the more toys i have the happier i will be. i was right.
it is surely merrier; yet, it's still there. the clouding sadness that resides on top of my loneliness.
it crossed my mind: maybe i really need a friend; a girlfriend -perhaps.
maybe it's true that two is better than one... or is it?

E63

dalam rangka menikmati hidupnya, yg seumur-umur belum pernah menikmati memiliki HP sendiri, bapakku, pak sudjatmoko yg kubanggakan, memutuskan untuk menggenggam E63 sbg alat komunikasi sekaligus mainan barunya.

terang saja, krn mengoperasikan komputer saja blm sempat bisa, kebingungan dan kepanikan dalam setiap pencetan tombolnya menghebohkan suasana rumah.
bapakku ini ternyata ndesonya nggak ketulungan...
selamat berjuang, bapakku.
wuahahahaha.. tenang pak, ngko rak suwe2 iso!

Jurangjero, Jurangjero, Ngawen, Gunungkidul

Daerah sekitar lokasi SMPN 5 Ngawen dilihat dari atas. wah, masih banyak lahan persawahan ya? apalagi kalau kabut belum lenyap pagi-pagi sekali, keren.